Ezekiel 9 — Rabbi

Ezekiel 9:1

וַיִּקְרָ֣א

qârâʼ

and — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) בְאָזְנַ֗י

ʼôzen

in/with/by — broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) ק֤וֹל

qôwl

a voice or sound גָּדוֹל֙

gâdôwl

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent לֵאמֹ֔ר

ʼâmar

to/for — to say (used with great latitude) קָרְב֖וּ

qârab

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose פְּקֻדּ֣וֹת

pᵉquddâh

visitation (in many senses, chiefly official) הָעִ֑יר

ʻîyr

the — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) וְאִ֛ישׁ

ʼîysh

and — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) כְּלִ֥י

kᵉlîy

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon) מַשְׁחֵת֖וֹ

mashchêth

destruction בְּיָדֽוֹ

yâd

in/with/by — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]

Ezekiel 9:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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Then [in my vision] I heard Him cry out with a thunderous voice, saying, “Approach now, executioners of the city, each with his

Cross-Book Pattern

The identical "destroying" (mashchit) root as Exodus 12:23's Passover destroyer - reversed here, this destroyer targets Jerusalem itself ins…weapon of destruction

Cross-Book Pattern

The identical "destroying" (mashchit) root as Exodus 12:23's Passover destroyer - reversed here, this destroyer targets Jerusalem itself ins… in his hand.”

Cross-Book Pattern

The identical "destroying" (mashchit) root as Exodus 12:23's Passover destroyer - reversed here, this destroyer targets Jerusalem itself ins…

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▦Ezekiel 9:1New

This continues the ch.8-11 temple vision, moving from witnessed idolatry directly into enacted judgment - what Ezekiel saw in ch.8 is now punished within the same vision.

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The Passover night's own destroyer (hamashchit), sharing the identical root - reversed here to strike Jerusalem rather than spare it.

Ezekiel 9:1 · WEB

Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, each man with his destroying weapon in his hand.”

Exodus 12:23 · WEB

For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“Then [in my vision] I heard Him cry out with a thunderous voice, saying, “Approach now, executioners of the city, each with his weapon of destruction in his hand.””

Ezekiel 9:1

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